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Remote artisans and field teams in Madagascar lack a secure, offline-capable way to record traceability and biodiversity data for global verification and Cardano blockchain anchoring.
A feasibility study and MVP of an offline-first tool enabling artisans and field teams to capture, store, and blockchain-anchor traceability and biodiversity data with GPS and photo evidence.
Please provide your proposal title
M4W: Offline Field Data Collection Tool Feasibility & MVP
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
98000
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
9
Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated
No
Original Language
en
What is the problem you want to solve?
Remote artisans and field teams in Madagascar lack a secure, offline-capable way to record traceability and biodiversity data for global verification and Cardano blockchain anchoring.
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Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?
No
Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'
no dependencies
Will your project's outputs be fully open source?
No
License and Additional Information
The project will be partially open sourced. The project’s methodology, metadata schema, and integration steps for the data collection tool will be documented and published for adaptation by other organisations. Any custom code developed that can be shared without violating partner licensing will be released under the MIT License. Sensitive operational data and third-party components will remain proprietary.
Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal.
Environment
Describe what makes your idea innovative compared to what has been previously funded (whether by you or others).
This project does not assume blockchain provenance automatically adds value.
Instead, it directly tests which provenance features customers actually care about in artisanal luxury products. By combining a light MVP with structured customer testing, it provides evidence on what drives trust and engagement. This creates a replicable model for small brands, avoiding the cost and complexity of proprietary
digital passport systems.
Describe what your prototype or MVP will demonstrate, and where it can be accessed.
The MVP will demonstrate end‑to‑end product tracking from raffia harvest to
finished product: event logging, QR generation, blockchain anchoring, and a
consumer‑facing story page. It will be accessible through a simple admin dashboard for internal users and public QR scans on mobile. Customers in the test group will access the demo pages directly, while final outputs will be shared with the Cardano community through documentation and demo video.
Describe realistic measures of success, ideally with on-chain metrics.
Success is defined as full end‑to‑end product journeys recorded on Cardano,
feedback gathered from customer testers, and a final report that clearly identifies which provenance features drove trust and engagement. Evidence will includetransaction hashes, example story pages, survey data, and recommendations for scaling. The outcome is a feasibility assessment that proves both the technical reliability and the consumer value of blockchain provenance in artisanal luxury.
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
Remote artisans and field teams in Madagascar lack a secure, offline-capable way to record traceability and biodiversity data for global verification. Because most blockchain provenance tools assume online connectivity, communities are excluded from participating in transparent supply chains. This project addresses the gap by testing a multilingual, offline-first data collection tool that anchors records on Cardano.
Raffia has been at the heart of Malagasy culture and craftsmanship for generations, yet raffia supply chains remain largely informal, with little recognition for cultivators and no verifiable record of origin or impact. With EU regulations such as the upcoming Digital Product Passport, verifiable origin and processing data will soon be required. An offline-first approach is essential to ensure that raffia cultivators and artisans, many working in rural, low-connectivity conditions, can participate in these global transparency systems.
Step-by-step workflow
-Enable offline data entry with GPS and photo capture.
-Authenticate users through wallet login.
-Store data locally until connectivity is available.
-Sync records and anchor them immutably on Cardano.
-Retrieve and display records via an admin dashboard and QR-linked story
pages.
Who is engaged
The MVP will be piloted with raffia cultivators and artisans from M4W’s network,
ensuring cultural accuracy and usability. Training and bilingual onboarding sessions (Malagasy/French) will validate adoption and collect structured user feedback.
Why it’s unique
Unlike most blockchain pilots that assume stable internet access, this project proves feasibility in real-world, low-connectivity environments. It integrates multilingual UI, wallet-based authentication, and offline-first design, creating a replicable model for other rural or artisanal supply chains. Beyond technical delivery, it uplifts raffia cultivators and artisans by giving them verifiable recognition for their work.
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
This project will show the wider Cardano community how blockchain can operate in real-world, low-connectivity conditions, using a feasibility study and light MVP to prove the concept before scaling. By testing GPS/photo capture, wallet-based authentication, and multilingual UI for raffia supply chain tracking, it will produce a replicable model for other Cardano projects in agriculture, artisan crafts, and environmental monitoring.
Ecosystem Benefits:
on-chain verification in challenging environments.
on-chain activity from new user groups.
similar initiatives.
and impact verification.
Strategic Value:
communities in emerging markets.
larger future investments.
Beyond its technical outputs, this pilot uplifts rural raffia cultivators and artisans, many of them women, by giving them verifiable recognition for their work. It links traditional skills and sustainable materials to a global audience, demonstrating how blockchain can protect livelihoods and cultural heritage while driving transparent trade.
What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?
Made For A Woman (M4W)
Made For A Woman (M4W), a Madagascar-based for-profit social enterprise founded in 2019, is redefining the paradigms of the global fashion industry by championing radical transparency, sustainability, and authentic storytelling. Built on a 360-degree model that integrates traceability, social impact, and craftsmanship, M4W demonstrates that fashion can simultaneously embody beauty, responsibility, and empowerment.
We work with over 750 artisans, primarily women from vulnerable communities, and directly impact the lives of more than 3,000 people through stable employment, holistic support, and community development initiatives. By prioritizing ethical production and environmental responsibility, we not only preserve traditional know-how but also create pathways to autonomy, dignity, and long-term resilience for our artisans.
Our unique approach has positioned us as a trusted partner for some of the world’s leading luxury houses, including brands from the LVMH, Kering, and Richemont groups such as Chloé and Fendi. Each handcrafted piece we produce is more than a fashion accessory—it is a story of empowerment, heritage, and the possibility of a fashion system rooted in equity and sustainability.
Modus Create
Modus Create has been tackling tough engineering challenges
since 2013 and contributing to the Cardano ecosystem since 2018, leading work in security audits, protocol design, consensus evolution, and core ledger systems. The company’s team has delivered foundational improvements to the network while maintaining a focus on open collaboration, technical rigor, and solutions that serve the broader community. This hands-on experience in one of the world’s most innovative blockchain ecosystems has shaped Modus Create’s approach to solving complex problems and delivering sustainable, production-grade results.
A global product engineering and consulting firm partnered with Atlassian, AWS, and GitHub, Modus Create combines high-level strategy with deep technical execution. Its expertise spans blockchain integration, NFT platforms, tokenization frameworks, wallet solutions, and smart contract-enabled applications for both enterprise and public networks. Beyond blockchain, the company has developed advanced geospatial mapping tools that integrate GIS data into accessible, interactive applications, and delivered solutions across finance, environmental conservation, and digital commerce. Whether modernizing legacy systems, launching Web3 products, or designing mission-critical infrastructure, Modus Create helps organizations and ecosystems like Cardano reach their full potential.
Milestone Title
Discovery, Scoping, and UX Alignment (Months 1–3)
Milestone Outputs
This milestone sets the feasibility study’s foundation by confirming technical, user, and cultural requirements before development. Workshops with Made For A Woman (M4W), raffia cultivators, and Modus Create will map the offline data capture process, ensuring GPS/photo capture, wallet authentication, and blockchain anchoring fit existing workflows.
From these sessions, Modus Create will produce multilingual annotated mockups showing all core interactions, while M4W prepares a governance and brand brief defining decision-making authority, branding use, and language validation. A signed roadmap and backlog will finalise timelines, dependencies, and risks.
Outputs:
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Notes: Documents and links will be hosted on a public Notion page. We may additionally consider providing the evidence in other mediums to facilitate milestone reviewer access, but this shall not be the basis of a milestone rejection unless the reviewer is unable to access the page.
Delivery Month
2
Cost
17000
Progress
20 %
Milestone Title
MVP Development & Testnet Validation (Months 3–6)
Milestone Outputs
This milestone delivers the light MVP and validates it under realistic field conditions as part of the feasibility study. Development will include offline-first local storage, GPS/photo capture, wallet-based authentication, multilingual UI, and Cardano blockchain anchoring. Once completed, the MVP will be deployed on the Cardano testnet to verify the entire workflow in low-connectivity conditions — from offline entry to on-chain verification — followed by the creation of at least one mainnet proof entry.
Field testing will take place in two artisan communities and one raffia cultivation site, involving real users from M4W’s network. The goal is to assess usability, data accuracy, and technical reliability, with all findings feeding into the feasibility evaluation for future scaling.
Outputs:
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Notes: Documents and links will be hosted on a public Notion page. We may additionally consider providing the evidence in other mediums to facilitate milestone reviewer access, but this shall not be the basis of a milestone rejection unless the reviewer is unable to access the page.
Delivery Month
6
Cost
49500
Progress
70 %
Milestone Title
Community Rollout & Training (Month 7-8)
Milestone Outputs
This milestone focuses on introducing the light MVP to its first group of real users and testing adoption in live conditions. Training will ensure that raffia cultivators and artisans in M4W’s network can confidently use the tool to capture data offline, sync records, and verify blockchain anchoring without external assistance. The goal is to confirm usability, identify adoption barriers, and validate that the process can be replicated at scale in future phases.
Two in-person onboarding sessions will be held in different communities, each led by bilingual trainers (Malagasy/French). Participants will receive printed guides and device-friendly videos covering account setup, offline data entry, GPS/photo capture, syncing, and viewing records on Cardano.
Outputs:
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Notes: Documents and links will be hosted on a public Notion page. We may additionally consider providing the evidence in other mediums to facilitate milestone reviewer access, but this shall not be the basis of a milestone rejection unless the reviewer is unable to access the page.
Delivery Month
8
Cost
19000
Progress
90 %
Milestone Title
Open‑Source Release & Final Reporting (Month 9)
Milestone Outputs
This milestone ensures transparency, replication, and formal closure of the feasibility study. It will deliver an open‑source package including methodology, metadata schema, integration steps, annotated screenshots, and licensing terms. The Final Close‑Out Report will summarise all results against milestones, outline lessons learned, and provide a roadmap for scaling based on customer feedback gathered in Milestone #3. A short public demo video will visually walk through the workflow from event logging to QR scan and public verification, making the process accessible to both technical and non‑technical audiences. In addition, the report and video will highlight which provenance elements were found most valuable to customers, ensuring the results are practical and usable. By consolidating findings in this way, this milestone guarantees that the community can reuse the model, understand the consumer testing outcomes, and evaluate how blockchain provenance can be scaled in artisanal luxury and other craft‑based industries.
Outputs:
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Notes: Documents and links will be hosted on a public Notion page. We may
additionally consider providing the evidence in other mediums to facilitate milestone
reviewer access, but this shall not be the basis of a milestone rejection unless the
reviewer is unable to access the page.
Delivery Month
9
Cost
12500
Progress
100 %
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
This feasibility study and light MVP require both technical delivery and strong local project management. Made For A Woman (M4W) will manage community
engagement, customer testing, and final reporting, hiring a dedicated coordinator for this project. Modus Create will focus on technical design, MVP development, and documentation. The budget is balanced to reflect the importance of both sides.
Milestone 1 (Months 1–2): ₳17,000
Milestone 2 (Months 3–4): ₳49,500
QA.
Milestone 3 (Month 5): ₳19,000
Milestone 4 (Month 6): ₳12,500
Rates align with industry norms: $80–$120/hr for general development, $150–$200/hr for Cardano-specific blockchain work, and competitive professional rates for local project management and field coordination in Madagascar.
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
For ₳98,000, Cardano gains:
artisanal luxury.
Expansion of Cardano into luxury and artisan markets with a tested, replicable
model.
Terms and Conditions:
Yes
Eileen Akbaraly – Founder&CEO, Made For A Woman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eileenakbaraly/
Eileen Akbaraly is an Italian-Indian-French-Malagasy entrepreneur redefining
fashion as a tool for transformation. At just 30, she leads Made For A Woman,
Madagascar’s first woman-led social enterprise in responsible fashion,
employing over 750 artisans — 91% women, many from marginalized
communities including survivors of gender-based violence, single mothers,
and people with disabilities.
Founded in 2019, M4W has become a model of climate-conscious,
human-centered enterprise, combining artisan empowerment with
sustainable innovation. Under Eileen’s leadership, M4W has partnered with
global fashion houses including Chloé, Fendi, and luxury groups such as LVMH
and Richemont, not merely as a supplier but as a thought partner influencing
procurement ethics and design innovation.
Her work has earned recognition from the French African Foundation (Young
Leaders 2025), Fast Company (World Changing Ideas 2024), and CNMI
Sustainable Fashion Awards, among others. Through this project, she
contributes strategic oversight, stakeholder engagement, and cultural
alignment in Madagascar — ensuring that blockchain innovation is rooted in
local realities while carrying global relevance.
Kristijan Kowalsky – Client Partner, Modus Create
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristijankowalsky/
Kristijan oversees strategic client partnerships at Modus Create, a global
product engineering firm that has contributed to Cardano since 2018. He will
serve as the primary Modus representative for these projects, ensuring
dedicated engineering resources are assigned and coordinated effectively.
Modus brings extensive expertise in blockchain protocol design, system
architecture, and Cardano-specific integrations, supported by a team of
engineers experienced in security audits, consensus evolution, and
production-grade delivery.
Dedicated Project Manager (to be recruited) – Local Coordination & Delivery
Oversight
This project will recruit a dedicated Project Manager based in Madagascar to
coordinate day-to-day activities, manage reporting, and ensure timely
communication between field teams, M4W leadership, and Modus technical
staff. This role is critical to bridge cultural, logistical, and technical workflows,
and recruitment will prioritize candidates with strong experience in project
coordination, reporting, and NGO or social enterprise contexts.
Collaborative Strengths:
Together, this team balances:
execution, accountability, and smooth collaboration.